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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 19 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Leviticus 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/18.htm" title="Leviticus 18">◄</a> Leviticus 19 <a href="../leviticus/20.htm" title="Leviticus 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/leviticus/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Holiness in Personal Conduct</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD also said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, offer it properly so you<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> will be accepted by God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The sacrifice must be eaten on the same day you offer it or on the next day. Whatever is left over until the third day must be completely burned up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Anyone who eats it on the third day will be punished for defiling what is holy to the LORD and will be cut off from the community.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Do not steal.</p><p class="reg">“Do not deceive or cheat one another.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.</p><p class="reg">“Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being partial to the rich and powerful. Always judge people fairly.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="reg">“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“You must obey all my decrees.</p><p class="reg">“Do not mate two different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“If a man has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been purchased but who is committed to become another man’s wife, he must pay full compensation to her master. But since she is not a free woman, neither the man nor the woman will be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The priest will then purify him<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering, and the man’s sin will be forgiven.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“When you enter the land and plant fruit trees, leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> Do not eat it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In the fourth year the entire crop must be consecrated to the LORD as a celebration of praise. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.</p><p class="reg">“Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Keep my Sabbath days of rest, and show reverence toward my sanctuary. I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged. Fear your God. I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the LORD.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">it.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Do not act as a merchant toward your own people.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">for your brother.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Tent of Meeting.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">make atonement for him.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">consider it uncircumcised.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:36 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Use an honest ephah</span><span class="ft"> [a dry measure] </span><span class="it">and an honest hin</span><span class="ft"> [a liquid measure].</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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